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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Ephraim Carter family papers

00-2010-35-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-35-0
Scope and Contents

Various documents of Ephraim Carter (1746-1823) & his son Ezra (1773-1811); William C. Carter and Horace E. Carter, sons of Ezra.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1797-1826

Lewis Cass letter

00-2009-69-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-69-0
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lewis Cass in Washington to Joseph Eldridge dated Feb 7, 1832 in which Mr. Cass thanks Mr. Eldridge for taking interest in the welfare of his son.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1832 Feb 17

Abel Catlin letter

00-2009-104-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-104-0
Abstract

A letter from Abel Catlin in Litchfield, Conn. dated Sept. 2, 1823 to Joseph Burrows in New York concerning William Grimes desire to purchase his freedom from T.H. Welman. A response dated 6 Sept.1823 on the same document from Joseph Burrows with instructions to make a payment of $500 to Mr. William H. Thompson in cash and security.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1823 Sep

Champion family papers

00-2010-17-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-17-0
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers of members of the Champion family of Litchfield (Conn.)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1758-1778

Samuel Church letter

00-1982-20-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1982-20-0
Scope and Contents

A letterfrom Samuel Church in Salisbury (Conn.) written to Melzar Gardiner, at the Democrat [newspaper] office in Litchfield in which he expresses his views on the State Temperance Convention and Republican politics, and requests that Gardiner publish the procedings of the Cato Convention.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Dec 91; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1981

C.A.Clinton letter

00-2009-123-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-123-0
Scope and Contents Letter from C. A. (Charles Alexander) Clinton (1798-1861) to Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), then Vice President of the United States. The letter introduces Mr. Edward Byrne of New York City to the Vice President and requests that he provide Byrne with a letter of introduction to the acting American Ambassador in London, Aaron Vail (1796-1878). C.A. Clinton was the son of New York governor, Dewitt Clinton. He served as his father’s secretary until his death in 1828 and then relocated to New...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1833 Jan 3

William F. and Norma (Strong) Deacon Papers

2012-03-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-0
Scope and Contents The William F. and Norma Strong Deacon Papers (2011-26-0, 2011-05-0, 2011-07-0, 2012-03-0) include Litchfield High School graduation and reunion materials, photographs, correspondence between William F. Deacon and Norma Strong while he was serving in the Army in German and William F. Deacon's army discharge paper and evelope. William Deacon's brother, Dave, and his sister-in-law, Priscilla (Pris), who worked with Norma Strong at W. T. Grant in Hartford, suggested that the two write each...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1955; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/2012

Julius Deming letter

00-1931-20-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1931-20-0
Scope and Contents

Julius Deming in Litchfield writes to Shadrack Osborn in Southbury (Conn.) concerning blank lists of warrants for Osborn's District. One half of the lists are to be delivered to the assistant Assessors and the other half reserved for his use.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1798 Oct 5; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1930

James Gould letter

00-2010-10-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-10-0
Scope and Contents

Letter from James Gould, dated Litchfield May 7, 1814 to Mr. Smith concerning distribution of a bonus by the Hartford Bank Committee.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1814 May 7

Grant family papers

1914-15-0

 Collection — 1914-15-0 Grant Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3
Identifier: 1914-15-0
Abstract

Papers relating to the Grant family of Litchfield, including Hannah Grant (1785-1871) and her children Charles William (1810-1881), David McNeil (1812-1885), Harriet Lucretia (1814-1892), and John Mason (1817-1878).  The collection is mostly comprised of family correspondence, but also includes various school lessons and papers, family account records, and real estate records.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1817-1869; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1897